Stocking-toe guard



I. H. HALL.

STOCKING TOE GUARD. APPLICATION FILED Nov. l2a. 1919.

Patehted Feb. 15, 1921.

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IrHUs HARVEY Hana rcnoumo,

PATENT OFFICE.

ONTARIO, CANADA.

Application niet?, November 83,

To all whom z'tmay concern. n

Be it known that I2 IPHUs HARVEY HALL, residin at Toronto, 1n the countyof York, in the tr'ovince of Ontario, Canada,v have 5 invented certainnew ments in Stocking-T the following is the specification.

y invention relates to improvements 1n stocking toe guards and theobject of the invention is to prevent the excessive wear of the big toewithin the toe of the stocking which will quickly form holes in thestocking toe and thus prevent holes being` formed and useful Improveanyquicker in this part of the stocking than.

in any other part which is subject to ordinary wear an thus increase thelife of the stocking as a whole and it consists essentially of the arranement and construction of parts as hereinafer more particularlyexplained.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the stocking applied to the foot andshowing my toe guard in place within the stocking and in section.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a foot and my toe guard in position onthe big toe.

ig. 3 is a rspective view showing a portion of the Eig toe of a foot andmy toe guard in the initial position Aemployed in placing the guard inplace upon the big toe of the foot.`

Fig. 4 is a plan view of my toe guard before applyingit to the foo ig. 5is a perspective view of my toe guar folded into the position it assumesi when on the big toe of the foot.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the va' rious figures. 40 l indlcates a foot, 2 a stocking orsock foot which is laced upon the foot 1. and 3 is my toe guar The toeguard 3 is formed preferably of a knitted fabric and is tubular in formas clearly seen in ligs. 4 and 5 the central portion of the -f ard 3being contracted at 4 and formeclby a ribbed stitch so as to make thatportion of the guardelastically contractible. The portions 5 and 6 areknitted with a plain stitch the ends 7 5o and 8 being contracted in theform of a stocking toe. When the guard is placed in position upon thebig toe the end of the guard such as at 7 is placed against the tip ofthe toe and infolded or tucked in as indicated in Fig. 3 by pressureagainst the toe oe Guards, of which 'b peeiilcatea Batters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1921. 1:91a.Y .serial No. 341,133. f

the guard being gradually drawn over the portion 5 fits within the porbportion 4 extending the toe approximately in a drawal of the guard. Thestocking is then drawn onto the foot in the usual manner.

y this meansy it will be seen that the guard forms a two-ply thickness bthe toe of the foot and the toe Aof the stocking and that when in usethe frictional contact of the toe with the inner ply tends to move suchinner ply in contact with the outer ply which is held relativelystationary by its frictional contact with the toe of the stocking and,therefore, any frictional wear which does take place is between theouter and inner ply of the guard thus taking all frictional wear off thestockin toe.

Also by forming my guardg tubular with closed ends one portion of whichis infolded within the other portion the formation of a seam connectingthe outer and inner portions or plys tqgether at the edge 9 is dispensedwith. lso the action of the foot will have no tendency to ruck up thisedge of the guard. It will be readily understood that if the guard wereformed of a single layer the action of the foot would have a, tendencyto curl up the lower portion of the guard corresponding to the portionwhere the fold 9 is formed which would thus render the guard veryuncomfortable and also produce an increased frictional wearing effectupon the stocking at that point which would quickly wear holes.

It is essential to form the stocking toe guard so that there will be noportion thereof which will produce an increased resistance such as aseam or any curled up portion which as above stated would beuncomfortable and also have an increased wearing effect.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very'simpleform of guard which will overcome the excessive wear produced by the bigtoe of the foot against the extreme end of the toe portion of thestocking and which at the same time will be comfortable, easily placedin position, and which will be cheap and durable.

What I claim as my invention is.

1. A stocking toe guard comprising two 110 toe cap portions reverseiyset oneeto ther other and provided with an intermediate other and formedintegral and adapted to contracted elastic portion. be infolded onewithin the other to fit a toe 3. A stocking toe guard comprising two 10of the foot and to be inserted between the toe cap portions reverselyset one to the 5 toe ofthe foot and the stocking. other formed ofknitted fabric and inter- 2. A stocking toe guard comprising twoconnected with a ribbed knitted ortion.

toe cap portions reversely set one to the IPHUS HARVE HALL.

